Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 12-12-2020: Frankie Says.

12th December, 2020.

 

Did you know that it’s Saturday … ?

It’s Saturday, in case you didn’t know.

Which means?

Well, I’ll be watching Star Trek Discovery, tonight.

It’s looking rather good, I have to say!

~≈Ê≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga*, Trevor†, Mum‡, Debbi^ and Edithª putting in their answers: with Olga and Debbi on ten out of ten, Edith on eight, Mum on four, and Trevor on one.

Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the How To, License and video … 

Q1)        12th December, 1915, saw the birth of Frank Sinatra.   He was known as Ol’ what Eyes?

Q2)        His debut album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra was released in which year of the 1940s?

Q3)        Sinatra played Frankie Machine in The Man with the Golden what?

Q4)        Allegedly?   Sinatra was supposed to be involved with the mob.   Which mob: the Yakuza, the Mafia or the Vory v zakone?

Q5)        Finally … ?   His first number 1 record, You’ll Never Know, was recorded for Columbia Records.   It reached number 1 in which year of the 1940s?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        It’s the 11th. Is eleven (11) odd or even?

A1)        Odd.

Q2)        Eleven (11) is a prime number. What’s the next highest prime number?

A2)        Thirteen. (13.)

Q3)        What’s eleven (11) in binary?

A3)        1011₂.

Q4)        What’s eleven squared? (11²)

A4)        121.

Q5)        Who lives in № 11, Downing Street?

A5)        The official resident is Chancellor of the Exchequer: the current Chancellor is Rishi Sunak, MP. The unofficial resident — of the residential flat over the top of №11 — is Boris Johnson, the current PM: although, officially, he lives in №10

Q6)        True or false: during a rugby league match, each team fields eleven players.

A6)        False: there’s thirteen players per team. By contrast Rugby Union has 15 players. The difference goes back to the two sports’ origins: Rugby league was the professional game and had smaller teams: it had to worry about the wages bill, where Union didn’t.

Q7)        Blue Poles — also known as Number 11, 1952 — is a drippy painting by whom: Leonardo da Vinci, Roy Lichtenstein or Jackson Pollock?

A7)        Jackson Pollock.

Q8)        An ace can be counted as one, or eleven. In which card game: Poker, Gin Rummy or Blackjack?

A8)        Blackjack.

Q9)        The character, Eleven, appears in Stranger Things. Who plays Eleven?

A9)        Millie Bobbie Brown.

Q10)        Finally … ? Who, in Dr Who, played the Eleventh Doctor?

A10)        Matt Smith.

Here’s a thought …

“What I do with my life is of my own doing. I live it the best way I can.”

Frank Sinatra.

And a playlist …

Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.

Feel free to share today’s video Teaser.

Have a good day.

*        It’s the old line from Sunday Girl, isn’t it, Olga?   “Hurry Up … Hurry up and wait!”

And pass my congratulations along to your pupil: she’s done well, and obviously put the work in!   I think her teacher had something to do with it … :D

(Would giving her something to read over the holidays, help?   I’m sure I’ve mentioned it … but would using The Ballad of Halo Jones as a text be an idea?   It’s a graphic novel, I know … but it’s one of the best things Moore and Gibson did, I think.   and, if I remember it correctly, in the first volume, Halo’s not that much older than you’re student.)

†        You’re right, Trevor, it does: I should’ve written it as “Who officially lives in № 11, Downing Street?”

‡        Hello, Mum!

^        Yes, I know you did, Debbi!   Unfortunately, it’s in Scotland.   I’m going to hide under the table!   And you’re right, it does … now, if only we can work out what a Mersenne Prime is, we’ll be laughing …  

Now … I’ve got Sandra Dickinson floating around my head … 

ª        Glad to help, Edith … !   (Did I tell you I’m reading an Arthur Machen short story collection?   I don’t know if it would be up your street, but it’s strange stuff!)